Cigar lighter



Dec. 4, 1951 A. HARRIS ETAL CIGAR LIGHTER Filed May 1e. 1947 ALEXANDER HARRIS. ALEXANDER FLARQNSON. RAY L Burecl-IETT.

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The invention relates to a cigar lighter which is coordinated with an elongated barrel such as is used in pencils and pens,l and having various features of construction, preferably used conjointly, which are aimed to secure facile and reliable operation of the lighter, adequate fuel capacity, ready assembly and disassembly, and certain other advantages as hereinafter described in greater detail. The drawings show a preferred Fig. 4 Shows in disassembled relation, the main patits Ymal'ingV up the construction shown in Figs'. 1 o 3`.

The invention is disclosedv as embodied in a combined cigar' lighter and writing implement having an elongated tubular barrel which is provided withman enclosing wall I of circular cross section. The lighter unit is carried by a hollow sneu z, which nts te1es`copica11y within' the barrel I, and is' provided with a top wall 3 which seats against the upper end of thebarrel. The lighter unit may thus be inserted into and detached from the barrel by endwise upward movement.

A pair of spaced ears 54 extend upwardly from the top w'all 3 of the lighter unit, and in the intermediate space between these ears a rotary sparking wheel 5 is mounted upon va spindle 6' extending' between the ears'. A wick tube 1 is located on one side of the sparking' wheel, and the upper end of the wick 8 is sealed by a snuffer cap 9 which. in the form shown, is also pivotall'y mounted upon th Spidl 6. A depress'ible figerpiece II of the character' hereinafter described in greater detail, mounted upon the side of the sparking wheel opposite to the Wick- II)` and serves to tilt the snuffer 9' between the closed position shown iii Fig'. 1 and the operi position shown in Fig. 2. A pawl plate I2, carried by the spindle 6, rocks back andY forth with the snuffer 9, and is provided with a spring tooth I3 which engages with ratchet teeth (not shown) in the adjacent side of sparking wheel 5, to rotate the latter during the opening movement of the shutter.

A flint I 4 is provided in the upper end of a flint tibeir locatedin the chamber I6 within shell 2, the flint beingpfrs'sd against the sparking wie@ by a spring I1 within such tube. The lower end of the iiint tube is provided with a removable .screw I8 which adjusts the spring pressure on the hint, this screw being accessible at the loweived 'of shellmZ as shown in Fig. 4, when the lighter unit is withdrawn from theassernbly.

'The lower portion of the barrel I is provided with- `an inner tubular wall I9 fixed to the outer wall I lat the bottom end, and provided with a top wall 2t. A writing implement indicated generally by numeral 2|, is provided with a tubular shell 22 which ts telescopically` within the inner wall i9 of the barrel, the writing implement thus being detachable from the assembly by endwise downward movement. The internal construction of the writing implement 2| will not be described in detail, since it may be assumed to be of any known or appropriate construction used in pencils or pens. In the illustrated form, the upper end of the shell 22 is closed by a detachable eraser 23, and the free space within shell 22 is utilized to store spare flints 24 and sticks 25 of pencil lead.

in `order to secure relatively large fuel capacity for the lighter unit, the space between the inner wall I9 and the outer wall Iof the barrel is utilized as an auxiliary fuel chamber, being filled with absorbent material 26 such as cotton, and provided at its upper end with a ring 27 of felt kor similar absorbent material, which surrounds the top wall 20 and the screw I8. The fuel chamber i6 is likewise filled with cotton or the like land is provided at its lower end with an absorbent pad 28 similar to the ring 2'I above described, in such lmanner that when the lighter unit is as-` sembled position, the absorbent pads 2l and2`8 transmit the volatile liquid such as is ordinarily used in pyrophoric lighters,- up from the auxiliary fuel chamber 26 into chamber I6, where the fuel is absorbed by wick I0. The above described construction thus aiords additional fuel capacity which avoids the need of too frequent recharging of fuel, an objection to which lighters of the pencil or pen type have heretofore been prone.`

The ngerpiece I I is mounted to reciprocate up and down along the upper portion of wall I, being provided withv a lug 29 which is readily engageable with the users thumb or finger, while the barrel is held in his hand, to depress the ingerpiece and thus open the snuiier and ignite the wick. In the illustrated form, the fingerpiece I I isA pivotally connected atits upper end to a pin 30 which is mounted inthe snuffer 9, and the bottom portion ofthe ngerpiece is pivotally connected by means of va pin 35| extending through the ringer-piece, to

a leaf spring member 32 whichfisyieldingly urged l.to some extent about the pin 3l as an axis.

toward the adjacent portion of the outer wall I of the barrel. In this way the member 32 serves the double function of guiding the motion of the iingerpiece which actuates the lighter mechanism, and acting as a spring pressed clip `which serves to hold the barrel releasably in position in the users pocket. The spring 32 is connected to a guide block 33 which is slidable up and down within an interior housing 34 within shell 9,-a

the spring restores the parts to the position shownv in Fig. 1. In moving from one position to the other, the ngerpiece will also swing angularly The block 33 projects through a slot 3S (Fig. 4) in the upper end of the wall I of the barrel, the fingerpiece being thus removable from the barrel along the other operating parts of the lighter unit.

With a construction of the character above described, the lighter unit which, including the flngerpiece, is carried by the shell 2, may be readily removed by upward movement with respect to barrel I, whenever it is desired to recharge the device with the liquid ordinarily used in lighters of the above character, or to replace or adjust the flint. Fuel may be charged into both the barrel I and the shell 2, suciently to saturate absorbent material 2li and I6. The shell 22 and the writing implement enclosed thereby, are also readily removable by downward movement with respect to barrel I, and the construction affords room for holding spare flints and long lengths of pencil lead, which are readily accessible when shell 22 is removed. n

While the invention has been disclosed as embodied in the above described preferred form thereof, it should be understood thatrchanges may be made without departing from the invention in its broader aspects, within the scope of the appended claims.

We claim:V

1. A cigar lighter construction including an elongated barrel, a wick tube and sparking and snuffer members mounted at the upper end of said barrel, a vertically reciprocable fingerpiece overlying the upper part of the wall of said barrel, the upperV end of the ingerpiece engaging the snufier to open and close the latter as the iingerpiece is reciprocated, a slide block mounted to move Vvertically in the upper end portion of said barrel to guide the ngerpiece in its aforesaid vertical movements, and a connecting member extending downwardly from said slide block to the lower portion of said ngerpiece to couple the latter to said slide block.

2. A cigar lighter construction including an elongated barrel, a wick tube and sparking and snuffer members mounted at the upper end of said barrel, a vertically reoiprocable flngerpiece overlying the upper part of the wall of said barrel, the upper end of the ngerpiece engaging the snufer to open and close the latter as the fingerplece is reciprocated, a slide block mounted tolmove vertically in the upper end portion of said. barrel to guide the ngerp-iece in its aforesald vertical movements, and a spring member connected to said slide block and extending downwardly within and connected to the lower DOrtlOn f the iingerpiece to urge the latter yieldingly toward the barrel to act as an attachment clip.

3. A cigar Vlighter construction including an elongated barrel, a wick tube and sparking and snuler members mounted at the upper end of Vsaid barrel, a vertically reciprocable ngerpiece overlying the upper part of the wall of said barrel, the upper end of the flngerpiece being pivoted to the snuffer to open and close the latter as `the lngerpiece is reciprocated, a slide block mounted to move Yvertically in the upper end portion of the barrelto guide the ngerpiece in its aforesaid'vertical movements, a spring member connected to said slide block, and extending downwardly therefrom, the lower portion 0f the ngerpiece being pivotally connected to the lower portion of said spring member, and a spring within said barrel yieldingly urging said slide block upwardly. Y

4. A cigarv lighter construction including `an elongated barrel, a lighter unit including an open bottomed shell telescopically received by the upper end portion of said barrel and being removable upwardly therefrom, a wick tube'and sparkingr and snuffer members mounted on said shell, said shell containing a fuel chamberaccessible from its lower end, a ngerpiece having its upper end attached to 'the snuffer to open and close the latter as the vngerpiece is reciprocated, means guiding the ngerpiece to reciprocate upwardly and downwardly with respect to said shell and said barrel, aspring carried by said shell to u rge said ngerpiece upwardly, said fingerpiece extending downwardly to overle the. upper end portion of the barrel and reciprocate along the latter, said fingerpiece and spring being removable upwardly from the barrel along with said shell. A .Y

5. A-cigar lighter Vconstruction including an elongated barrel, a lighterY unit including ari open bottomed shell telescopically received by the upper end portion of saidbarrel and being removable upwardly therefrom, a wick tube and sparking and snufer members mounted on said. shell, said shell containing a fuel chamber ac-' cessible from its lower end, a flngerpiece having its upper end attached to the snufer to open! and close the latter as the lingerpiece is recipi rocated, means guiding the ngerpiece to reciprocate upwardly and downwardly with respect toi said shell and said barrel, said ngerpiece eX- tending downwardly to overle the upper end portion of the barrel and reciprocate along the latter, said ngerpiece being removable upwardly from the barrel along with said shell, said shell carrying a vertically slidable block which is connected to the ngerpiece, and a spring yieldingly urging said block to move the ngerpiece toward the upper limit of its stroke.

6. A cigar lighter construction including an elongated barrel, a lighter mechanism includingv a wick tube and sparking and snufer members at the upper end of said barrel, and a recipro-v cable ngerpiece overlying the upper portion of the sidewall of said barrel, means engaging said.

ngerpiece with said lighter mechanism to op; erate the latter as the iingerpiece is reciprocated, and means interposed between said lingerpiece and barrel for yieldingly urging said ngerpiece toward said wall to serve as an attachment, clip for the assembly.

7. A cigar lighter construction including an' elongated barrel, a wick tube and sparking and,

snuler members mounted at the upper end of said barrel. a, vertically reciprocable ngerpiecehaving a lower portion extending along the? upper part of the side wall of said barrel, means interconnecting the upper portion of the fingerpiece with the snuffer to open and close the latter as the ngerpiece is reciprocated, means for the loqger portion of said member being moyv able tward and from the side wall to act as `chment clip for said barrel, the lower portici? of said spring member being also enf gagedg-Wth the lower portion of the ngerpiece to gide the latter during its reciprocatory j moveiifents aforesaid.

ALEXANDER HARRIS.

RAY L. BURCHETT.

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